59-904. Same; subsequent claimants. If others later, but within ten (10) years after the appointment and qualification of the administrator, claim as heirs of any such decedent and are thereafter adjudged to be heirs of the decedent and entitled to the said estate or some part thereof, and the said estate or its proceeds or some part thereof shall have been delivered or paid to those whose claims were earlier adjudged, neither the state nor the secretary of revenue shall be liable to such claimants for money previously paid to those adjudged to be heirs of the decedent. Such later claimants whose claims were duly established shall have a cause of action in the district court against the earlier claimants whose claims were established to determine the rights of the respective parties, subject to any prior determination of descent made pursuant to article 22 of chapter 59 of Kansas Statutes Annotated.
History: L. 1939, ch. 180, § 74; L. 1973, ch. 231, §4; July 1.
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